Automatic filling-replenishing loom.



R. GROMPTON.

AUTOMATIC FILLING REPLENISHING LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG,10,1912.

L'YC L Patenoed Apr.1,1913.

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cillizcn oil the Unncoi Simon., and i'eoillcnl' of il/ilm'lhorm county lllhcsliiro, lll'o'o oliI New Honipnhirc, limo nwe-nico un lin-H provcmcnl; lilionnwc lilling-llcploniolilng Looms, ol which glio following description, in conncclion willi lhc accompanying (ironinga is spccilicolion, like characters ylling like' paris.

This invenlion rclolos particularly lo onlomolic illing rl-iplcniffshing loomsy ol llifc lypc wherein more in one kincl ol" *filling 115ml in lli@ waarin@ and gcnerallj; spcaling lhc (iili'orenco l lio filling in in the color thereof, filling olli' ono color boing uned for a Certain number or". picks, and llieii lillu ing of another colori' nsool, :incl so on., 'ac-- coi-cling 'lo Sonie gfrrcolcici'minod order or sequonco That clans ol loomo whcrein the working shutllo is proi'iolc o Llonml'iczilly willi 2l fresh supply olf il when oc'zxsion demands lios been orranifffiil 1lor nso williv u plnn ralily of disinclii'c liinlls of lillingg', So that the working; nlinllc replenished willi the propcr kind of nfilling .when replenish nient is coiled for. lli :i loom forms 'he subject matter of llnilcl Stilles llzicnt No. (300,121 grunted lllliroh lllw, lo me and miolhcr, und in. lhc slrnclurc lhorcin dis:- closcd a pluraliy of distinctively (lillorcu ,kincls of lilling' are usc lf in co'nncclion with shullleoj bnl one shuttle being;

in opcrnlion ily .ziny giron linie, onli @zich inorl'zinggefl to vonniin ono partir-nini' kin/l o filling. lllhon lllic Supply of filling in the working or :lolly 1 Slinltlc requires rcplcninlnncnl. lhe fri-wh supply of filling il'urnishod thereto in ol lhs suino kind a5 lhnt prcvionsly corricfl thereby, and lh@ lillcrcnt shnltlcs or@ controlled as lo lheir oclivity' hy :L shifting shnlllc-hox mechzmimn. ln loonfmI of thin type thc lilling-corricrs or hohbins ojccl'od from l'ho simil-lcs have more or less filling "lhcrcon, mul this; filling in Stripped from the wirricrs by hund or niochnnicolly and nmol hc disposed of a5 wustl" lihc n'aslo so rcsnll'ing, in 11 large weaving mill, amounting lo :i very considerable ncl .jlirccl, loss in tho course of a your:

lillhcn :i plm'ulillv olE kinds of lilling ,are iis-cil in the, looimv it'. will he a-ppurcnl; that tho ivzwlo conlziins :ill kinds, indiscrimimately`r :ind if for any Termin it is dcsiralolc Pnlonlofil im? lo haw@ tho rii'liolcntkinds of lilling :49pm l l'zilcd lhc zisorling nml separation nmol he oll'colcfl before lh@ carriers orc s'ripp-erl. Such :rasoi-ling, when o large nnmhcr oliA looms is inmli'cll, would require suoli onlny for lilo-or as lo bo praoioally prohihilivcf have in View ccrlnin merino for il. ilizing und saving suhshinlizilly all of llaa llin which liereloorc has boon termed Waele, sino thc ejcclccl lllingurriern must he ossorocd or separatori, in accordance with lh@ (listinolivc churaclorislics ol2 the difformi lqiml illing.

My present ini'cniion has for its olijoc thc production ofnieans whereby the lill ing-carriers ejeced from the acl-ive ohntllc during iho operation of lha loom will oc Separated automatically in accordance with *alle rlicrent charocteriolics ol the sovorail the manual labor and orrpendiure of 'limo and money which would ohorwiso hc necessary' to cil'cct such separation or Segregation of the diierent kinds o spoolv illing is lillogclhcr avoided.

illic various novel femur-cs or" my inven tion will he fully clcscrihcd in thc subjoincd speciicotion onfl particularly poind out in lie following claims.

lo tho present .instance l have illusrutcfl my invcnlion in connection with aV loom such on is disclosed in the above mentioned pant for vonren'icnco, but ilil: to bc understood that niy .invention is no?, in any wary lherchy restricted lo @hat parlcnlzu' typo of loom, for the invontionis applicabile lo any unlonmlic lilling replonirshinggr loom wherein :i plllrolily ol' distinctively dilerent kinds ol filling are nocd :mol it is cleslrablc lo 'infrintziin separated from cach ohcr thc different kinds of spentlilling supplies.

Figure 1. is :i right hond side elevation and partial section of :i sullicicnt portion of o loom such as hereinabove referred lo, 'lith one practical embodiment of my present invention in operative commotion thcrowilli; Fig', 2 is a dclail in siglo elevation and sec- Jfion ol' thc rcccplaclc for the spent supplies of filling, shown in two positions, anni with sonic of ils ocljuncts, to be referral to; Fig. 2l is n dclail in 'front elevation of tho rocking` support for the receptacle, anfl the locorf ing therefor on the loom side; Fig. l is a to carry oli-t such means il is ncccsfsziry ohio/ly kinds ol filling in uso. my invenon p iii las

(lek/sil View oi' a modifie- :form of oever or closure for the receptacle,

Referring lo l, ille emula-simil C, @amenait B, having u com el@ thereon llie lay having at lie replenisliing; side of the .loom n, shuttle-box 27X, ami et its 'opposile side u sliiing mulipleell slm-lebon (nel shown) lille rook shaft G appro priaely eonneoleel Willi the usual sliultlbom Sluiting neclienfain uiiel having n, rigid, arm 'G3v pivolully connected Willi n raclrbnr l'he lllingeeder or magezine Gf, and the trunsierrei.' arm 526, may lue und are all sulisnnliully :is in lie paient referred to, ille magazine being mounted rolaably on an zum Ga. The shuttle-boli' shifting meehanism is shown in Fig. 2 of lle patent referred lo and is of such :i well known type lhat illuslmion unil description herein is unnecessary to a proper undersnnzling of my invenlion.

lily elle rock shaft G und ile connections with box-Shifting mechanism und the rack respeeively, .means is provided for @Healing a backward eind forward movement oi' @lie magazine in unison with the rising and falling niovenens ol' elle sliule box,- tifie rack G5 acting; upon lilie magazine 'hrougli .in Fig. L .il second uml fli'eren move nient of the nmgazine comes into play only ailier n. transfer off' lilling from the'nmgazine to he active slintlle, to skip from one group of lilliugwarriers lo ll'ie next group und place in operative posiion ille latter group, with u lilling supply oi' the proper diameter iu posilion for ransi'er. lic lilling-carriers :ire arranged in the magazine in groups, ezuli group having :is many co1'- riers as there are different kinds oft lilling', f nres1- on ling io the number of 'tells 01" shifting shuttllmx :nifl ils slmtles.

JFor convenir-nee l have herein urrunged my inveolion for eowruion,wili :i twocellwl box, as in the paient relieriefllo, uo flint @urli group in ille magazine consum of lwo illingvurriers provided9 for example, willi rofl und white lilling, respectively. lli' lli@ uliule Carrying, red filling is in :1cfion the ooi-responding Cell of hovshiilingr v liox ,elondo n1'. llze level of lie nieewoy of the lay, und ille red filling in one oli they groups of lillinf-rnrriers will then lie posiioneil im' lrgmsfer, the ruoli Gf remaining quiera-eut. Should 'u slii of the sliifiug' SlmlQJMx be umile, lioweffer, bringing iuo uelion tlwsl'nrlle vorming while filling, the simil ll" will liu `roi-luid, lie arm G3 iu swung" :unl ille' mel; il is moved lo ef'l'erl,y u rvmiw nnu'eumn of the ni'ugruziue il for enough lo bring the ('urrier having white lilliu' ino liosiion for lruns'e'r. 'Huw l'lw .sliil'iugoi fue Shilling sllullwliox ln'ngrs :about A rfurospf:ruling movement' o' lh@ magazine i'o4 preserve the proper relative lie nd"ueeni irain of @fearing shown illeV :women arrangement of lie kinds of llling' in a group.

llVlien replenishmenl is called for, @he same kind of filling is transferred to the active sllnle as that previously there` in, and the more or less spent illing carrier is ejected from lie Shuttle and clisclm'rgeel from ne lay, while tle slniltle is in the lfm; 27X, #lie dieclmrged lling-earrer passing over in iuelinel guide chute H* on lie lay und olf ussual eonslrnction, ille lay always being :il u given point when a spenl, filling-Currier is ejected, indicaled by che (loecl lines Fig. l. Thereafter a. new and Cliiereut 'motion is il parteci to ille lungazine o bring; ino pogai'iion unoilier und Coinplete group of carriers, und lo luke lli@ plaire of he group from which u lilling wriier lios just been taken :nul riimferrefl lo .ille sliule. This second motion or nio'vemen of the inziguzine is ell'ecl'ed 'oy Ylhe operation oi' a pziWlB-.X acuarecl by the cam l() hrougli intervening devices, in. the paient referred to., lun: Suicl pawl is permined to act; only when ai change of filling is ellleced.

I have described :i suileient- ,porion of Ythe mechanism of Fig. l to enable ille sume to be understood, and it that all filling-carriers, irrespecive of character of the filling i'rliereon7 will be dis charged when the lay is in clotied line position, and heretofore said illingmzirriers have been received in a volumen receii'utffn-lo, thereafter requiringassorlment und sepa@ ration by lmnd.

.l will now describe one piuoticul .means whereby ille discharged filliiigearriers are maintained separated und assorted antomzit-iezilly in aceorclunce willi their differentcliziraeteristics. For exzuiille, all 'those com taining while illing' will be sepmntel auomatiezilly from ull of lilou@ con'l'nininv' red filling. Un ille lower purl' oi'l'lieloom siflo uit ho replenisliing side ol' ille loom is lixefl a bracket l, lllig. S, lowing' a liorizonul Sleevelike lneurii'ig :3 iu wliieli is inounefl u rock-shaft 3 exemlcd luerzilly through he loom side und rouiuwl iu plow :it ile; inner end by u nut unil washer :u2 Adjacent and ouside ille loom gifle the hub 5 of :i l'earu'zarflly extended mini l is lixedly lie'lll on the rock-simili by u Se? screw 11ml 3. Tho free enel of l'lio urn; is joinle nel@ to n link {Luino/l1 nm); be un extension of the rack G5, or n separate member at fuelled they-elim so l'liut every lime Said. rook is lziiuecl or lowered llie arm (3 will be raised or lowered. und l'lie rook-slurf@ 3 will be turned Correuponfglingly through u 'small ongle. .Beyond ille lull .5S lin rock-Shaft is nmde preferably sfyuzne in cross-Section, :it ll). um! ul' ilu uxlremi'y iig/'lios o short upluriml lip 1L lluemeuxiou l() living' :ulzip"- ed lo fitV snugly iulo u correspondingly will be appareil@ Figs. l.

suppy to enter 'the coiixpartmem. otssiid ie- Cepmelef oorresponding to, the' pm'ticufir shuttle ifi-om which it was egectedt 1n :l loom having@ piuraiity of Shuttes adaptedy to contain distinctively diff ferent supplies ofilling, mechanism to 1repiemsh outomaticaily the its distinctive tilting, and means to govern t-ieoiderof activity' of said Shuttles, in conm initiation, :i receptacle foi' spent billing?, h iv` ing a plurality of compartments borreSpoiid 111g to the number of shuttles, and means actuated Dy the shuttle-governing means Ato position operatively that compartment ofV tzim distinctive filing, and having noechenism. to replenish automatically the `active Shuttle with its dist-motive eompirtments for spent tilting. supplies, co1

rponding to thenumbel of shuttles-:-s a.. movable 'support on which the receptacle is ,eeptiomo spent to move Selci support,-

active shutt] e iWi tta" positioning mem/.1s t

.5.111 toml bination, a i'eoeptaele having pll'ality of.

Titneseesq Lemmi mounted deteemtifty .in position for the re.-

iig wiei ice'pienishment ,is eected, M

imd'thereby the ecegotmzie Whenever a shift 'of :iiutties is efeeted, thereby 'to bring into :recept Je position that compartment corresgo-oga `iig to the Qitiuttie iii metalen,

,in i; iooiiihaviiig mechanism .to :amish iii-:zit kinds of tilting iii a predetermined sequence and to replenish the act-ite shuttle? with the proper kind of filling 'when 41repleniehmeiit is culled for, in combihation, a piiiiiity of receiving compartments for the spent filling supplies, the responding-to the 'number 'of kinsof i'llingz and ;mee11s to eeet automatialy the dis'-l tiibu'tioxi ofthe iii'ereiit'kindeA 0i @ent lL ing siippiies into their' respectii-e @emportii testimony' whereof, have signed my lignee to this'pecicalion, in the presence of two subscribing Widgilesses.'V

EANDULPH o'iioivimoii. 

